This handout photo taken on Sunday, May 16, 2021 and released by National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows rescuers searching for victims after a boat carrying 20 holiday-makers capsized on May 15 at a reservoir in Boyolali, Central Java. (Photo by HANDOUT / National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS). - AFP
JAKARTA, May 16 (AFP): Seven Indonesians drowned after an overloaded boat capsized because of tourists attempting a selfie in a reservoir on Java island, police said Sunday.
The accident happened when all 20 passengers suddenly moved to the one side of the vessel to take a group photo on Saturday in the Boyolali regency, said Central Java police chief Ahmad Lutfi.
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